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In The Empire Strikes Back minutes 51-55, Han and Leia share their first kiss and we meet the Emperor for the first time. Joining me (for the 4th time!) is music theorist/film musicologist Frank Lehman. We discuss the lineage of musical love themes, John Williams's distinctive Lydian signature, the strange proto-Emperor cue, and he gives us a sneak peek of the major updates he's making to the Star Wars Thematic Catalogue. This episode is also on YouTube (with visuals): https://youtu.be/N_jXuEWiaLY Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 3:20 - Teasing the Emperor scene. 8:17 - Augmented hexatonic collection of pitches (characteristic chord type in ESB, 4-20). 11:26 - Yanked out portion of the cue, R5P3 "End Fix" (orchestrated by Angela Morley). 15:05 - Instrumental introduction to Han & Leia's theme. A distinctive treatment of Lydian mode (descending pentachords -- the 5th down to the tonic). 18:50 - The descending Lydian figure is a Williams hallmark of his 80s-ish scores. Examples from E.T. (1993) and ALWAYS (1989). 25:05 - On Han being a "scoundrel." 29:01 - What do you think of the comparisons to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto? 38:35 - Listening to other love themes: El Cid (Miklós Rózsa), Adagio from Spartacus (Khachaturian) 51:48 - First truly functional chord in a while. Enharmonicism. 57:27 - Throwing down the gauntlet. 58:23 - John Williams holding back on the low bass note until a beat or two after the onset of a theme. 1:00:11 - Proud lineage of musical love scenes that are interrupted. 1:08:50 - Han Solo and the Princess concert arrangements (there are at least 3!) 1:14:56 - Sneak peek of changes to the thematic catalogue. 1:29:36 - Dom shoutout 1. 1:38:21 - Brittle, rocky xylophone. 1:45:39 - 90's Emperor/Energizer Bunny commercial. 1:46:26 - Fascinating musical sequence during the Emperor's first appearance. 1:55:44 - Dom shoutout 2. 1:58:09 - ESB editor Paul Hirsch on temp tracking this scene with Bartók. 2:06:28 - Comparing Ian McDiarmid to the original emperor's voice from 1980 (Clive Revell) 2:13:19 - Dark Side motif. 2:25:00 - SWMM Questionnaire Things to Check Out: Dominic Sewell's analysis of cue 5M4/6M1 "Solo and the Princess" - https://youtu.be/Nxe_rd2GVPY Pitch Class Set Calculator: https://www.mta.ca/pc-set/calculator/pc_calculate.html E.T. excerpt (queued up to the descending Lydian line)- https://youtube.com/watch?v=P7CyzH6R7f4&t=721 "Pete in Heaven" from Always (John Williams) - https://youtu.be/z8v1OEIkp3U Predatory Romance in Harrison Ford Movies (Pop Culture Detective on YouTube) - https://youtu.be/wWoP8VpbpYI Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto - https://youtu.be/QCKL95HAdQ8 Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet - https://youtu.be/finYYXkdYmA "Fossils" from Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens) - https://youtu.be/bcAJpsWWuIY Béla Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - https://youtu.be/ymqRNY4K4NA?t=1016 Andrew Norman "Play" - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru https://youtu.be/Dc9rYygfwNI?t=1316 Love Scene from El Cid (by Miklós Rózsa)- https://youtu.be/91SunNLBDoI?t=303 Emperor Palpatine Energizer Bunny commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxafIhYFOr0 Adagio from Spartacus (by Khachaturian) - https://youtu.be/LZLMKkEGFRo?t=133 The Red Violin OST (by John Corigliano) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Oa6vj9pJz7IPAC5yVw666aU-OReTM1K The Empire Strikes Back - the original Emperor scene from 1980 - https://youtu.be/rKtciRCVpFE Cues: Tail end of 5M3 "Yoda's Entrance" 5M4/6M1 "Solo And The Princess" Musical Themes: 11a. Han & Leia (A Section) 11b. Han & Leia (B Section) 10a. Imperial March (Theme) 24) Imperial March Vamp 16a. Dark Side (Motif) Where are we in the soundtrack(s)?: "Luke's Nocturnal Visitor" "Han Solo and the Princess" --------------- STAR WARS MUSIC MINUTE QUESTIONNAIRE: 1. In exactly 3 words, what does Star Wars sound like? New answer: My lifelong obsession. Solo season: Vaguely remembered music. ANH season: Dissonant pedal notes. Minor planing triads. 2. What's something related to Star Wars music or sound that you want to learn more about? New answer: What was going on in the scoring of Obi-Wan Kenobi? Solo season: Who will be main composer for the Kenobi series? ANH season: What are we musically in store for as Star Wars moves onto the next chapters of its development? What was the actual score to Episode IX supposed to be (before changes)? 3. What's a score or soundtrack you're fond of besides anything Star Wars? New answer: White Lotus (series) (composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer) Solo season: Severance (series) (composed by Theodore Shapiro) ANH season: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (composed by Jerry Goldsmith) --------------- Guest: Frank Lehman Website: https://franklehman.com/ Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars: https://franklehman.com/starwars/ A Guide to the Musical Themes of Indiana Jones: https://franklehman.com/indiana-jones-themes/ Book: Hollywood Harmony: Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema - https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Harmony-Musical-Wonder-Cinema/dp/0190606401 Frank's previous episodes: Solo 7: Powell's Fresh Take (Minutes 31-35 with Frank Lehman) - https://youtu.be/x_dF58geISQ ANH 6: Binary Sunset Breakdown (Minutes 26-30 with Frank Lehman) - https://youtu.be/JrCg4KLk054 TLJ 30: Musical DNA of The Last Jedi (Minutes 146-150 with Frank Lehman) - https://youtu.be/NZwIpV3igBo ------------------ If you want to support the show and join the Discord server, consider becoming a patron! https://patreon.com/chrysanthetan Leave a voice message, and I might play it on the show... https://starwarsmusicminute.com/comlink Where else to find SWMM: Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsMusMin Apple Podcasts: https://smarturl.it/swmm-apple YouTube: https://youtube.com/starwarsmusicminute TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsmusicminute? 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Welcome to episode 339 where today I walk you through one of my favorite jazz ballads. Ballads are important to know, and this particular one has a lot to teach us about jazz harmony and how to create an amazing melody. I play the ballad and then deep dive into the harmonic analysis. Listen to episode 339 In today's episode, I'm gonna be going over one of my favorite jazz ballads of all time, do a little deep-dive into the harmony, and hopefully, you're gonna come away with some amazing lessons that you can learn about jazz and other jazz standards, and it's gonna be a lot of fun! So grab your favorite beverage, grab some popcorn, whatever you like to eat meals in the podcast. In this episode: 1. Why this jazz ballad is so great 2. Side steps 2-5's and what they are 3. Secondary dominants 4. Motivic melodic movement Important Links LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way
Hello everyone, This is Mirko Guerrini, and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic LIVE, a variation of the podcast of the monthly interview where we talk with accomplished jazz doctors about their lives, careers and their personal transcription secrets. On this episode of the Jazz Transcription Clinic Podcast Live, I am analysing my transcription of the song Splanky, as played by Frank Wess on the album Atomic Basie. I am talking through the entire solo and explaining some of the strategies and ideas employed by Frank Wess. Motivic development, harmonic substitutions are the highlights of this performance which I think is one of the best choices to start your transcription journey. I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast is being recorded. I pay my respect to their Elders, past and present, and the Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel. You can download this podcast episode, or any other episode here: Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../jazz.../id1574500923 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1oQqf6mptnbh97XLi8Tcd6 Amazon Music/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/.../8b6f521b-d990-4c37-9a92 DISCLAIMER Copyrighted music is here used exclusively for nonprofit educational purposes. My sole aim with this video is to teach how to transcribe solos for personal study and development on one's own musical instrument
A deep dive into the solo from “I Don't Trust Myself” by John Mayer How to play it note-by-note Playing with your fingers instead of a pick Making simple licks sound awesome! Using arpeggios Motivic playing Microtonal bends And more! If you would like to give back to the show, please consider visiting our Patreon page. Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! ... Read More
Studying the Song - Audition & Music Preparation for Musical Theatre
Learn 6 different types of motivic development and how motives provide the architecture of a melody. Today's episode continues our 3-part series on MELODY and how it tells a story. We'll examine what a motive is and how we can alter and develop them to create variation and interest throughout the melody. Once you understand the logic of the architecture of the melody, you can make your own informed and personal choices about how you want to interpret a song. You'll know when to stick to the ink (when the writing is genius as is – hello, Sondheim!), and you'll know when there's flexibility and room for you stylistic flair to be added. I'll cover a range of song examples from jazz standards to Golden Age classics, from Sondheim to contemporary Disney movie musicals. ALL songs are comprised of motives and utilize motivic development! If you're ready to reach a new level of understanding and interpreting your songs, then press play now! Xo, Korrie Visit www.korrieyamaoka.com for FREE RESOURCES and sign up for the Studying the Song Email List for weekly resources about auditions and all things vocal styling! Did you enjoy today's episode? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen!
Back on T37, we delved into the sophisticated songwriting of The Visceral Sovereign, the debut of a brutal death project named, unforgettably, "Anal Stabwound." Needless to say, The Death Metal Guy had to get in touch with sole mastermind Nikhil T., also known for his guitar and drum covers on Youtube. In an all-killer no-filler 45 minute conversation, Nikhil outlines his methodology for writing brutal death metal, discusses his journey to multi-instrumental mastery, and sheds some light on the strangely-structured internet scene at the vanguard of brutality. 00:00 - Introduction / origins of the Wound 07:38 - "It's a lot of shifting dyads" - Motivic songwriting / art of riff-construction / place of melody in BDM 16:28 - "Maybe I've played guitar way too much" - Nikhil's instrumental background / practice and learning new stuff 20:30 - Interlude - Anal Stabwound - "Demiurge of Abhorrence," fr. The Visceral Sovereign (Inherited Suffering Records, 2021) 24:24 - "A very fine balance to maintain" - technique as athleticism 26:32 - "Everyone else lives in Europe, or whatever" - remote collaboration / brutal death "combo" format 36:45 - "I don't take too much in people saying, 'Oh, this is garbage'." - brutal death and slam vs. normal death metal 44:30 - Avoiding the "riff after riff approach" - future of Anal Stabwound 47:26 - Outro - Korpse - "Molestation Condonation," fr. Insufferable Violence (Unique Leader, 2021) Terminus links: Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon Terminus on Subscribestar Terminus on Instagram Terminus on Facebook thetrueterminus@gmail.com
Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 24, 2018 on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS !In episode #63, we look at motivic improvising - how to pick a great idea, and how to develop it in our solos. It's something pretty much all of your jazz heroes do, and you should too! Time to transform your playing, people!Mentioned in this podcast:• www.JazzWire.net - Since we announced JazzWire back in 2017, it has become an incredible Community of hundreds of adult musicians from over 25 different countries around the world. If you are looking for a plan for your practice, regular insights and wisdom on playing jazz, and a huge COMMUNITY of jazz players from around the world, this is the place for you! • Digging Deeper Jazz - All of the DDJ episodes include a pdf. Just write us at diggingdeeperjazz@gmail.com, and we'll offer you the pdfs in bundles of 50, or all 200 for a discount! We will also put you on the list to receive each new pdf, weekly. Amazing practice ideas, every week, for free. What's not to love!?
Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 9, 2017 on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS !In video #5, we talk about a great daily exercise (just 5 minutes) that will develop our ability to play more motivically. You hero's did this stuff, and you should too! In this video, we use Charlie Parker's "Scrapple From The Apple" as our laboratory.Mentioned in this podcast: • www.JazzWire.net - Since we announced JazzWire back in 2017, it has become an incredible Community of hundreds of adult musicians from over 25 different countries around the world. If you are looking for a plan for your practice, regular insights and wisdom on playing jazz, and a huge COMMUNITY of jazz players from around the world, this is the place for you! • Digging Deeper Jazz - All of the DDJ episodes include a free pdf. Just write us at diggingdeeperjazz@gmail.com, and we'll send you the pdf for this episode, and put you on the list to receive each new pdf, weekly. Amazing practice ideas, every week, for free. What's not to love!?
Hey, everybody! Bit late on this one ("a bit"), but the good news is you get an episode on rap music today and another one tomorrow! This episode was supposed to come out last Friday, but kept getting delayed. Check here again tomorrow for this week's normally scheduled episode. In this episode, TTBI reads and discusses Kyle Adams' recent Music Theory Online article on phrases in rap music. He describes various levels phrases can exist or be implied at, and develops discourse on what a phrase even is. https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.20.26.2/mto.20.26.2.adams.html
Bentornati o benvenuti su Mangianastri, io sono Jonathan ed oggi parliamo della colonna sonora di Hollow Knight, un gioco pazzesco con una colonna sonora davvero interessante (checché ne dica Mangia).Se vuoi avere altre informazioni sul gioco ecco un po' di link interessanti:Approfondimenti Sul gioco - The Making of Hollow Knight https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/10/16/the-making-of-hollow-knight- Hollow Knight Wiki https://hollowknight.fandom.com/it/wiki/Hollow_Knight_Wiki - The metamorphosis of Hollow Knight https://www.nintendo.com.au/the-metamorphosis-of-hollow-knight-with-team-cherry-aussie-developer-interview - Hollow Knight official website http://www.hollowknight.com - Team Cherry official site https://teamcherry.com.au Approfondimenti sulla colonna sonora Video di 8-bit music theory - Storytelling trough music in Hollow knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2NEvQb2OeA - Atmosphere and Motivic development in Hollow Knight's soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzOY3mxTBag&t=251s - Leitmotif in Hollow Knight's soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IZ6ObjdkPA&t=926s - Inside Christopher Larkin's Darkly elegant Hollow Knight Score https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/christopher-larkin-review - How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/71748/how-hollow-knight-composer-christopher-larkin-got-the-gig/ - Hollow Knight soundtrack interview - Christopher Larkin official website https://composerlarkin.com :)
In this episode, we’ll learn a new simple melody on the keyboard (this time in the ‘ta-ki-de’ or skipping meter, but still with the classic ABA structure), and discover how complex a melody’s evolutionary growth can get by analyzing a Chinese folk song and listening to a Bach keyboard invention.Key terms and definitions from this episode:Repetition with variation - the most common process for generating a melody with clear, logical architecture (start with a melodic molecule, repeat it with some degree of variation, rinse, repeat).Legato and Staccato - ‘smooth’ and ‘choppy;’ standard music terms for describing how notes are articulated (all connected or with clear space between them).Motivic development - when a melodic molecule recurs throughout the melody as a whole, accruing small variations each time so that it’s like an evolving creature or a developing fictional character in a novel.For more information and to support the podcast, visit my website: www.mwdaytonmusic.com
Welcome to episode 108 of the LJS Podcast where today we are concluding "Jazz Standards Month" with the topic of motivic development and how we can utilize it to develop musical themes, and structure into our jazz solos. Brent tells you what motivic development is and gives some examples. Listen in!
Brown, F (IHES) Thursday 11 April 2013, 09:30-10:30
Stieberger, S (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München) Thursday 11 April 2013, 11:00-12:00
Brown, F (IHES) Wednesday 13 March 2013, 10:30-12:00
Brown, F (Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu) Wednesday 13 March 2013, 14:00-15:30
Cartier, P (IHES) Thursday 24 January 2013, 14:00-15:00
Cartier, P (IHES) Thursday 24 January 2013, 15:00-16:00
Bryan, J (British Columbia) Friday 15 April 2011, 11:00-12:00
Szendroi, B (Oxford) Friday 15 April 2011, 14:30-15:30
Davison , B (Oxford) Wednesday 06 April 2011, 16:30-17:30
Heinloth, J (Amsterdam) Thursday 10 March 2011, 14:00-15:00
GRASP Lecture Series: Geometry, Representations, and some Physics
The Hodge theory arising in homological mirror symmetry. Pure nc Hodge structures and their Betti and de Rham aspects. Categorical nc geometry, variations of nc Hodge structures, nc Deligne cohomology, Griffiths groups, and normal functions. Examples from singularity theory, symplectic topology, and complex geometry. Fukaya and matrix factorization categories. Chern-Simons functionals. Motivic local systems and nc Hodge structures: the Fano case. Mirror maps for del Pezzo surfaces.
GRASP Lecture Series: Geometry, Representations, and some Physics
The Hodge theory arising in homological mirror symmetry. Pure nc Hodge structures and their Betti and de Rham aspects. Categorical nc geometry, variations of nc Hodge structures, nc Deligne cohomology, Griffiths groups, and normal functions. Examples from singularity theory, symplectic topology, and complex geometry. Fukaya and matrix factorization categories. Chern-Simons functionals. Motivic local systems and nc Hodge structures: the Fano case. Mirror maps for del Pezzo surfaces.
GRASP Lecture Series: Geometry, Representations, and some Physics
The Hodge theory arising in homological mirror symmetry. Pure nc Hodge structures and their Betti and de Rham aspects. Categorical nc geometry, variations of nc Hodge structures, nc Deligne cohomology, Griffiths groups, and normal functions. Examples from singularity theory, symplectic topology, and complex geometry. Fukaya and matrix factorization categories. Chern-Simons functionals. Motivic local systems and nc Hodge structures: the Fano case. Mirror maps for del Pezzo surfaces.
GRASP Lecture Series: Geometry, Representations, and some Physics
The Hodge theory arising in homological mirror symmetry. Pure nc Hodge structures and their Betti and de Rham aspects. Categorical nc geometry, variations of nc Hodge structures, nc Deligne cohomology, Griffiths groups, and normal functions. Examples from singularity theory, symplectic topology, and complex geometry. Fukaya and matrix factorization categories. Chern-Simons functionals. Motivic local systems and nc Hodge structures: the Fano case. Mirror maps for del Pezzo surfaces.
GRASP Lecture Series: Geometry, Representations, and some Physics
The Hodge theory arising in homological mirror symmetry. Pure nc Hodge structures and their Betti and de Rham aspects. Categorical nc geometry, variations of nc Hodge structures, nc Deligne cohomology, Griffiths groups, and normal functions. Examples from singularity theory, symplectic topology, and complex geometry. Fukaya and matrix factorization categories. Chern-Simons functionals. Motivic local systems and nc Hodge structures: the Fano case. Mirror maps for del Pezzo surfaces.
GRASP Lecture Series: Geometry, Representations, and some Physics
The Hodge theory arising in homological mirror symmetry. Pure nc Hodge structures and their Betti and de Rham aspects. Categorical nc geometry, variations of nc Hodge structures, nc Deligne cohomology, Griffiths groups, and normal functions. Examples from singularity theory, symplectic topology, and complex geometry. Fukaya and matrix factorization categories. Chern-Simons functionals. Motivic local systems and nc Hodge structures: the Fano case. Mirror maps for del Pezzo surfaces.